About Me

2014 was a big year for me. I had spent 28 years of my life in Texas (and I will always be a Texas girl at heart!), but in 2014 I married the love of my life, quit a job I loved, left my friends and family, and relocated to Louisiana, where I took in all the Cajun culture I could. We’ve since moved to North California where we are enjoying the beautiful weather and all the fresh produce the West has to offer. I’m a new mom to the sweetest baby girl (with a son on the way!), a huge animal lover (we have two adopted pups, Sadie and Sam), a bookworm, and a professional Netflix marathoner.

Growing up in a Bangladeshi-Filipino household, there was always delicious home-cooked meals and l developed a palate and love for spices, fresh chilies, and unique flavors at an early age.

I love taking photos and being creative both in and out of the kitchen. Since getting married, I’ve learned that cooking for two while working a full-time job can be a challenge and it’s even harder to prepare fresh meals during the week. It’s been my goal to find and create recipes that are flavorful, satisfying, use fresh ingredients, and can sometimes be whipped up on a whim on those long work days.

Hi Jasmine, Thanks for following my blog loving the clean looks of yours and definitely agree with your comments about trying to cook every night and work full time, it can certainly be a struggle. I look forward to seeing more of your recipes. Cheers Tom

Thank you so much as well, Yeah the desi recipes are for my daughters. They moved to other parts of the world and keep bugging me for recipes all the time. This blog helps so much now.:D I think i’m a lazy mom I tell them to go check out the blog haha

Hi Jasmine nice to meet you through Lynz!!! I would love to invite you to check out a fairly new web site I started for Food Bloggers-an easy, concept linking directly to your blog. When you have a minute please check out https://wegrazetogether.wordpress.com or can thread through my main web https: clwiser.wordpress.com to view Participating Food Blogs-Post! Would Loveeeee to have you join us! happy Holidays. Cheryl x

Jasmine, thank you kindly for liking my recent blog post on Side/Dishes! 🙂 You’ve got such a lush and glamorous visual style here, it’s quite a way to present these delectable recipes. My blog’s got a lot of “et cetera” going on, but if you liked the recipe I posted yesterday, you’d do well to subscribe for some more meal concepts and zany stories.

Hi Jasmine! I love your intro, your new life sounds fun and exciting (and very full too!). I recognize myself in what you write, about cooking for two being a challenge at times. On my side, I’ve been spicing up my cooking activity by enlarging the range of dishes I make, now I develop my skills around world food cuisine, but it requires quite some preparation ahead of dinner time. however, I must say the results often are very satisfying for both my husband and myself, and let’s be honest it’s so nice to be able to please the one you love while enjoying great food! Keep cooking and enjoying life!!

Hi Sophie, thank you so much!! I love that you make food from all around the world. What a great way to expand your palette and try new, exciting dishes! I, too, find that cooking is one of my favorite ways to show my love. Thank you for your comment!

Heylow Jasmine, I love that name since the Alladin days and of course because of the flowers also 🙂 I must say I am not a real “cooking” kind of woman. But your recipes look so flavorful and easy to make as well 🙂 And not to mention they all look quite yummylicious 😀 Welcoming you to visit my little website as well. 🙂

Robyn!! I really enjoyed your breakfast skillet post!! I think you’ve got a great voice and your posts are fun to read. 🙂 I’ve only been doing this a year or so, so pretty new myself, but let me know if you have any questions! I know I googled so many random things when I started! 🙂

Dear Jasmine, I have nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award. Here is the link https://koolkosherkitchen.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/a-new-award-and-a-mother-in-law/ You are not in any way obligated to accept, and I fully understand that not everyone has the time and inclination to participate in these self-and-others-promoting exercises. Therefore, I will truly appreciate if you accept the nomination, as I sincerely think you deserve it, but I won’t get offended if you don’t. Nominating each one of you is my way of giving credit to some exceptional bloggers and perhaps attracting attention to your work.
All the best,
Dolly

Hi Jasmine 🙂 I’ve nominated you for the Blogger Recognition Award, since I like your blog and photos:https://polentaebaccala.com/2017/02/01/blogger-recognition-award/
Participation is purely optional, but it’s a nice thing I think, so if you are interested please follow the link to my blog to check out the rules. And have a nice day! 🙂

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Welcome to The Richmond Avenue! I’m Jasmine – wife, new mother, pup-mom, accountant, and lover of all things pasta. Some of my favorite moments in life revolve around food, family, and friends, so I created a site to share recipes and stories in celebration of those moments. Read More…